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- Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:52 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Corrupt-a-Wish
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1372930
Re: Corrupt-a-Wish
AVE... Your wish is granted. Your home will be moved to Polish wastelands. You'll spend rest of your lives in a village full of most obnoxious people. Also every day is a drinking day. And not "good alcohol" but worst moonshine ever. I pity your liver... I wish I could avoid stomping my cat(previous...
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:14 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Comparison of Cree Q5 and XM-L T6 cheap LED flashlights
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4928
Comparison of Cree Q5 and XM-L T6 cheap LED flashlights
AVE... This is my review of two cheap Chinese flashlights one can get for less than 12 dollars. Both use 18650 Li-Ion cells(which can be found in any laptop battery, where I got my stash of them). First one is based on Cree Q5 LED emmiter: http://dx.com/p/103456 Forget about strap, that is added to ...
- Mon May 13, 2013 6:49 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Corrupt-a-Wish
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1372930
Re: Corrupt-a-Wish
AVE...
Jackass genie granted your wish, you'll get a rather big world piece just above you...
I wish I had great singing voice...
Jackass genie granted your wish, you'll get a rather big world piece just above you...
I wish I had great singing voice...
- Thu May 09, 2013 3:55 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Corrupt-a-Wish
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1372930
Re: Corrupt-a-Wish
AVE...
Granted, but it's jackass genie type...
I wish I spoke fluently in COBOL, Klingon and Java... .D
Granted, but it's jackass genie type...
I wish I spoke fluently in COBOL, Klingon and Java... .D
- Mon May 06, 2013 10:23 pm
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Corrupt-a-Wish
- Replies: 93
- Views: 1372930
Re: Corrupt-a-Wish
AVE...
Granted, with incurable rotting body parts twist...
I wish I had a lockpick set...
Granted, with incurable rotting body parts twist...
I wish I had a lockpick set...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Words of Wisdom
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78756
Re: Words of Wisdom
AVE...
Not the Punisher(sounds like bad SM porn actor nickname), but ancient roman proverb...Sa'Kage wrote:"Sic vis pacem para bellum" If you want peace, prepare for war. - (The Punisher)
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:20 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: What do you do outside of night opping?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 837996
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:45 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blood Pressure Cuffs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14038
Re: Blood Pressure Cuffs
AVE... Most car alarms are sound-sensitive(to detect breaking glass). Some also are connected to that small button thingies that turn on light when you open car door. So to open a car with alarm you must do it gently and without any noises, and hope alarm is not connected to that button. It would be...
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:25 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Picking Old Locks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7631
Re: Picking Old Locks
AVE...
I'd recommend using wax for that. Still you need blank. BTW, my grandmother had safe with warded lock, to open it one had not only put and rotate key, but also pull it after half of the turn. It was a bit odd...
I'd recommend using wax for that. Still you need blank. BTW, my grandmother had safe with warded lock, to open it one had not only put and rotate key, but also pull it after half of the turn. It was a bit odd...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:13 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Magnetometers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10966
Re: Magnetometers
AVE... Nightvision IR cameras are now so cheap, that every police force can buy tons of them. The drawback is they need IR lights to work, and thus can be blinded with some 1-3W IR LEDs. FLIR devices are different story - more expensive but can work in complete darkness by registering only thermal i...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:59 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Gear loadout
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12554
Re: Gear loadout
AVE... You are a little bit mistaken, Xan. Bayonets, especially those used by British, German and Soviet Union armies are made to be versatile tools, not just for poking holes in people. Before WWII bayonets were only for stabbing, because they didn't know any better. It's economy too: why a solder ...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:54 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Gear loadout
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12554
Re: Gear loadout
AVE...
Buy good, heavy duty shoes. Military grade ones. Everything else - BDU's. They are cheap, are made to hide you and are generally good quality. The knife however... Well, it looks like cheap crap for militia wankers. Go and buy genuine bayonet - will work better...
Buy good, heavy duty shoes. Military grade ones. Everything else - BDU's. They are cheap, are made to hide you and are generally good quality. The knife however... Well, it looks like cheap crap for militia wankers. Go and buy genuine bayonet - will work better...
- Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:26 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Magnetometers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10966
Re: Magnetometers
AVE... Bad science-fiction, Winky. Not enough science and lots of fiction... I'll make it into list of facts and fiction: Fact - we can detect even the faintest EM fields in RF bands with special devices. Fiction - but not in any practical manner for even special forces to have one of those devices....
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:08 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Epic trolling...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7619
Re: Epic trolling...
AVE...
You need to read it carefully. Example:
You need to read it carefully. Example:
Without further due, let’s see how DICKS operates against a live target across the internet:
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:08 am
- Forum: Spurious Generalities
- Topic: Epic trolling...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7619
Epic trolling...
AVE...
There are many types of trolls. But there is one, who was epic. A IT magazine troll, who attacked Hackin9. Check this article in "prestigious" IT magazine's ebook about NMAP: http://nmap.org/misc/hakin9-nmap-ebook-ch1.pdf
There are many types of trolls. But there is one, who was epic. A IT magazine troll, who attacked Hackin9. Check this article in "prestigious" IT magazine's ebook about NMAP: http://nmap.org/misc/hakin9-nmap-ebook-ch1.pdf
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:10 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Techniques for entering through windows
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12668
Re: Techniques for entering through windows
AVE... Here there are no horizontal or vertical windows - only casement windows. And those are pain in the ass. If the window has wooden frame, you can try to open it by force. If you are lucky, the lock is crappy and will surrender with no noise. Any other type is hard to open because lock is not a...
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:54 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Taser Brass Knuckles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9671
Re: Taser Brass Knuckles
AVE... First of all: you need to understand, how such things work. Typical stun gun causes only pain and some muscle contractions, and most people will be able to get up as soon as current stops flowing. Tasers use 9Hz pulses which are at almost exact frequency of human motor cortex operation. This ...
- Thu May 03, 2012 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Night Ops: 2nd Homework Assignment
- Replies: 19
- Views: 38636
Re: Night Ops: 2nd Homework Assignment
AVE... BroTips from Urgon: 1. Keep your ears clean! 2. When going to sleep cover both your ears with pillow and focus on sounds. If you can hear a pulsating sound, note it in your mind. When you listen, this is the sound of blood coming trough your veins in ear canals. Remember this, as you'll have ...
- Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:17 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Tazer proof armor
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16394
Re: Tazer proof armor
AVE...
Chain-mail will work. For NOPs however I would suggest to put it between two layers of material and sew them together so it won't make noise during movement...
Chain-mail will work. For NOPs however I would suggest to put it between two layers of material and sew them together so it won't make noise during movement...
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Rough area
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27811
Re: Rough area
AVE... 1. NO GUNS OR GUN-SHAPED OBJECTS! Some police officers tend to shoot first, and then ask questions... 2. Change your act on street. If you just look and act like you own the street and the night, no one would come close to you. Potential victims look and act weak. They have low self-esteem, a...
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:34 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Razor Wire
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18254
Re: Razor Wire
AVE... Make a barb-o-mat. Get a piece a leather and sheet of 1mm thick steel. Cut the sheet into about 0,5" wide strips. Put them on the leather, 2mm gaps between them, use tape to fix them, then drill some holes and use rivets to connect leather with strips. This way you will get tool to pass both ...
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: A cautionary tale.. How to get busted 101.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17809
Re: A cautionary tale.. How to get busted 101.
AVE... I believe that they were made of stupid. They knew, that the area is secured and monitored, yet they failed to stick to basic things like not showing their faces and avoiding detection at all costs. There was even a training game in Access All Areas for trying to avoid detection. Experienced ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:52 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: The Uses of Paracord - Safety and Really Awesome Uses
- Replies: 20
- Views: 32095
Re: The Uses of Paracord - Safety and Really Awesome Uses
]AVE...
Neuro, some calculations for terminal energy and velocity of falling object:
Neuro, some calculations for terminal energy and velocity of falling object:
Vk is your terminal velocity
h0 is the height from which your object falls
g = 9.81 m/s^2 = 32.2 ft/s^2
Terminal energy:
Ek = mVk^2/2
m is your mass...
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:20 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Distractions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8702
Re: Distractions
AVE... Stupid idea, not crazy. If you need distractions, then learn how to make some basic pyrotechnic compounds, like smoke flares and flash powders. These are more useful than some weird electronic gizmo's, that are expensive. If you are going to make them, then remember one thing: NO METAL! Espec...
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:47 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: A cautionary tale.. How to get busted 101.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17809
Re: A cautionary tale.. How to get busted 101.
AVE... I have one question: if they knew they were going to the places with security systems and alarms, why they didn't wore any masks? Being caught on CCTV camera or seen by someone is less dangerous when you can't be recognized. When shit hits the fan, one just drops mask and clothes in which he ...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:12 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: How to tell if something is abandoned?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14799
Re: How to tell if something is abandoned?
AVE... Just check out if there is any trash in a trashcan. Or observe the building for hour or more. If you can get close enough to check the energy meter, you can find out, if they have air conditioning or fridges running. Meters here have special disk to indicate if energy is drawn. Mine now makes...
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:54 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: The Throwing Weapon Challenge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23328
Re: The Throwing Weapon Challenge
AVE...
Cheating, Psych? Not nice...
Cheating, Psych? Not nice...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Stealth Survival
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11294
Re: Stealth Survival
AVE... NEVER burn polyurethanes or PVC! Those will produce phosgene while burning, especially if there is not enough oxygen. And you don't want to get poisoned by this gas... There are those burning gel fuels used in stoves and fondue burners - good to get your fire going. They are sold in tubes or ...
- Wed May 11, 2011 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Overcoming "Veteran's Paranoia"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19276
Re: Overcoming "Veteran's Paranoia"
AVE... "They know" syndrome was main reason for me to stop playing with explosives some time ago. It happens from time to time to everyone, who is ballancing on the line between light and darkness... My suggestion is simple: pause for a moment. Pretend to be law abiding citizen. Collect your field n...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Ideas for Technique-Perfecting Games?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12758
Re: Ideas for Technique-Perfecting Games?
AVE... Name: Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem. (Stand aside, little people! I'm here on official business.) Objective: Pretending to be someone important gain access to restricted areas... How to play: 1. Find any type of target, for example a server room of local university. 2. Plan it and pre...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:32 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Words of Wisdom
- Replies: 46
- Views: 78756
Re: Words of Wisdom
AVE... First come smiles, then comes lies. Last is gunfire. - Roland of Gilead, Dark Tower by Stephen King. Control the things you can control, maggot. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you, and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing. - Cort, Dark Tower by Stephen King. Cuius te...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:11 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: metsubishi
- Replies: 28
- Views: 36154
Re: metsubishi
AVE... Grab some chemistry glassware, vacuum pump, Soxhlet extractor and do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYyDVZPaZng Then mix one part of your product with nine parts of water. Use this as very strong pepper spray. 10 time stronger than anything that is commercially available. Making this mo...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Paranoia and Fear of Darkness
- Replies: 32
- Views: 39001
Re: Paranoia and Fear of Darkness
AVE... Fear of night? A little. Fear is good, it kept us alive for thousands of years, it's important instinct. The only rule is that fear should not have control over one's mind. If I feel like I'm watched or followed, or in any kind of danger, I concentrate on my senses and scan the surroundings. ...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:43 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Gear Pics!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 42238
Re: Gear Pics!
AVE... Part of my gear. Not all of it, because I lost some equipment in flooding accident and I didn't replace it yet... You can see my monocular and cane. There is ElCrappo Multimiter with probes. Also some basic tools to overcome different obstacles. There are many fences that can be just unscrewe...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Cameras
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10629
Re: Cameras
AVE...
Use long exposure(4-10s). No flash, no additional lights, And later you won't need to blurr yourself out from the picture...
Use long exposure(4-10s). No flash, no additional lights, And later you won't need to blurr yourself out from the picture...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: A.B.C.s Of Visible Invisibility
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8774
Re: A.B.C.s Of Visible Invisibility
AVE... Fine example of this principle: Me and my friend wanted to check out my university. He wasn't student there. I am. We got in and we walked around pretending to search for various offices and classes. I was blending in perfectly. He was questioned by guard. Why? What was the difference? Simple...
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Need help climbing trees.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6941
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:40 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Scuba Dry Suit
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8151
Re: Scuba Dry Suit
AVE...
Using any thermal insulation suit will cause your body to overheat. And overheating might kill you. Shield is safer...
Using any thermal insulation suit will cause your body to overheat. And overheating might kill you. Shield is safer...
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:35 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: The Throwing Weapon Challenge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23328
Re: The Throwing Weapon Challenge
AVE... 1. Someone throws a swiss knife at head of goalkeeper during a soccer match ... 2. This one threw a kitchen knife at his neighbor ... 3. Here we have a report about arresting of two drug dealers. One of them threw knife at soccer player wounding him severely few years before ... 4. Drunken id...
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:06 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: APL Concept 1, Shoes That Make You Jump Higher
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10483
- Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:22 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Failed operations and escaping
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14699
Re: Failed operations and escaping
AVE... The most extreme thing I've seen in use was a homemade smoke grenade... Careful planning, backup plans, some simple diversion, blending in, etc. But when everything else fails, then it's time for improvisation. In the shadows line between being a hunter and a hunted is very thin and situation...
- Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: From Invisible to Inconspicuous
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9251
Re: From Invisible to Inconspicuous
AVE... Fortunately here I can wear all black and still look like a law abiding citizen. Yesterday I bought two nice, black shirts, one with tribal-style dark gold dragon. I can blend in shadows with style, and also blend into society. The most important thing is not what you wear, but how you act. W...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:54 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Double-edged or Single?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17058
Re: Double-edged or Single?
AVE... Both... Single-edged knifes are great tools for cutting, chopping(if the knife is big and heavy enough), unscrewing and prying open... Double-edged however are better for self-defense. I like dagger-type blades. These are great for stabbing, which is better for eliminating enemies without act...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:09 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Hidding places of my gear at my parents' house?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20557
Re: Hidding places of my gear at my parents' house?
AVE...
I have just right hobby: building things...
What is not a tool, is a piece of device or model, or is a finished construction. Also I have some hiding places under my furniture...
I have just right hobby: building things...
What is not a tool, is a piece of device or model, or is a finished construction. Also I have some hiding places under my furniture...
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Hidding places of my gear at my parents' house?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20557
Re: Hidding places of my gear at my parents' house?
AVE...
I had never any problems with hiding my gear. I have many different tools all over my room. So everything is hidden in plain sight...
I had never any problems with hiding my gear. I have many different tools all over my room. So everything is hidden in plain sight...
- Mon May 31, 2010 5:45 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Places to hide things outside?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10063
Re: Places to hide things outside?
AVE... I used to pack smaller items in PVC pipes sealed on the both ends. Then I dug holes in the ground and placed them there. On two or three occasions when pipes were heavy, I tied to them rope and hid them underwater... Other good way to make a hidden cache for gear and loot in woods, park or ga...
- Tue May 25, 2010 7:33 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Light removal techniques: an open question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17178
Re: Light removal techniques: an open question
AVE... Ion guns? Unworkable. Mostly because of inverse-square law . If the distance is x, than you need y amount of energy. But for 2x you will need 4y of energy. For 3x it's 8y. 4x=16y, and so on and so forth. And ionization works only when humidity is low. One may try to use microwave gun based on...
- Sun May 16, 2010 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Are all night ops made up???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17145
Re: Are all night ops made up???
AVE...
Stories are said to be fictional or hypothetical to avoid prosecution and convition...
Stories are said to be fictional or hypothetical to avoid prosecution and convition...
- Thu May 13, 2010 5:37 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: EDC (every day carry) Thread
- Replies: 45
- Views: 108044
Re: EDC (every day carry) Thread
AVE... - wallet; - documents; - house keys; - monocular(this model: http://www.amateurgeologist.com/images/T/Eschenbach-Varioplus-Keplerian-8x-20-mm-Monocular-25x-Microscope-1674-820.jpg); - cellphone; - some papers, mostly part lists; - physically handicapped card(useful for riding buses for free -...
- Thu May 13, 2010 5:28 am
- Forum: The Art of Night Ops
- Topic: Open Source Technology: Canine Defeat
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45623
Re: Open Source Technology: Canine Defeat
AVE...
K9 and many guard dogs are trained to ignore planted food. Tranquilizer darts are more reliable...
Maybe incorporate both solutions? This way one can try planting food, but when it fails, then he could use darts...
K9 and many guard dogs are trained to ignore planted food. Tranquilizer darts are more reliable...
Maybe incorporate both solutions? This way one can try planting food, but when it fails, then he could use darts...